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Semantic Kernel Pricing

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At a glance

100% free and open source under the MIT license ($0 software cost). Microsoft Semantic Kernel provides enterprise orchestration for AI agents, plugins, and memory across C#, Python, and Java with no licensing fees; users pay only direct AI model provider API costs (Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, etc.).

Self-hosting cost

Semantic Kernel is open source under the MIT license. Self-hosting does not add a software license fee, but you still pay for infrastructure, operations, and any external model or API usage.

Free & cheaper Agent Frameworks

same category, free plan or open-source license

Grok BotBeta access bundled with eligible SuperGrok Plus ($100/mo), Cursor Pro+ ($60/mo), or Cursor Teams ($40/seat/mo); custom pricing for enterprise deployments.Latitudeopen sourceLatitude is an open-source AI agent observability and evaluation platform under the MIT license. It offers a free self-hosted edition and a free cloud Starter tier (20,000 credits/mo), alongside a Pro plan at $99/month for growing teams and custom Enterprise pricing.Judgevalopen sourceJudgeval is an open-source Python SDK (Apache-2.0) for AI agent evaluation and tracing. Judgment Labs offers hosted enterprise agent behavior monitoring and evaluation platform access via custom quotes.Mem0open sourceOpen-source core (Apache-2.0) with $0 self-hosting. Mem0 Cloud Free includes 10k memories and 1k retrieval calls/month. Starter is $19/mo for 50k memories and 5k retrievals. Pro ($99-$249/mo) unlocks Graph Memory (Mem0ᵍ), memory consolidation, and 500k memories with 50k retrievals. Enterprise provides custom pricing for VPC/on-premise deployment, SOC 2/HIPAA compliance, SAML SSO, and 24/7 SLA.
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FAQ

How much does Semantic Kernel cost?

100% free and open source under the MIT license ($0 software cost). Microsoft Semantic Kernel provides enterprise orchestration for AI agents, plugins, and memory across C#, Python, and Java with no licensing fees; users pay only direct AI model provider API costs (Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, etc.).

Does Semantic Kernel have a free plan?

Yes — Semantic Kernel is open source and free to use.

Can you self-host Semantic Kernel for free?

Semantic Kernel is open source under the MIT license. Self-hosting does not add a software license fee, but you still pay for infrastructure, operations, and any external model or API usage.

What are free or cheaper Semantic Kernel alternatives?

Grok Bot, Latitude, Judgeval are in the same category with a free plan or open-source license.

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